2020 Georgia Code
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices
Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices
Part 2 - Fair Business Practices Act
§ 10-1-406. Duty of Prosecuting Attorneys
Whenever an investigation has been conducted under this article and such investigation reveals conduct which constitutes a criminal offense, the Attorney General shall have the authority to prosecute the case or forward the results of such investigation to a prosecuting attorney of this state who shall commence any criminal prosecution that such prosecuting attorney deems appropriate.
(Ga. L. 1975, p. 376, § 16; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1507, § 3; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 2/SB 148.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Attorney General" for "administrator" and inserted "have the authority to prosecute the case or" in the middle of this Code section.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1997, p. 1507, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 1997 amendment was applicable to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1997.
Law reviews.- For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 29 (1997).
